Originally posted by cloughie
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Well, they do have exceedingly good brakes.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT] -
They're wheely good!
Enough already!!!
What about this X-rated X!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I'm sort of thinking that the English Baroque connection should be my way in, but I still can't find the key. Key... "unnatural"... i.e. sharps and flats???Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
Someone called Xavier... Xaver... ? (often is...
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Don't know why though..."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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An unnatural, but popular, Classical subject for composition.Originally posted by Caliban View PostI'm sort of thinking that the English Baroque connection should be my way in, but I still can't find the key. Key... "unnatural"... i.e. sharps and flats???
Someone called Xavier... Xaver... ? (often is...)
Don't know why though...Last edited by Quarky; 17-01-13, 15:04.Comment
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Point of clarification in case I am not strictly in accordance with the rules.
There is just one X word - the first clue. The second and third clues are meant to assist, but do not contain the X word.
Apologies - working out this game as I go along!Last edited by Quarky; 17-01-13, 15:06.Comment
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OK I see... Well Kipling was confounded by romanceOriginally posted by Oddball View Post
Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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"unnatural" makes one think of sharps and flats. In the past I have used the X clue to mean double-sharp....Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
"Kipling" makes one think of Koechlin or Michael Berkeley.
But I think I am still as confounded as ever...Comment
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We are of one mind, see my #29869. And equally confounded...Originally posted by vinteuil View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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XantusComment
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To refine the Kipling clue, let's say - a very popular quotation of Kipling is confounded by this one.Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
But not double sharp - looking for name.Comment
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which I think was Going for a songOriginally posted by Oddball View Post
which makes me cryptically think of either Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen or VW Songs of Travel
no Xs there though, nor Kipling or Baroque
is X a person or place ?
a musical term ? EDIT - a nameComment
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Not a bird, corporate organisation, or hungarian movie maker.
Directly connected with music.Comment
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A person mercia.Comment
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